<MagicItem Name="Mantis Blade">
  <Aura>strong evocation</Aura>
  <CL>20</CL>
  <Slot>none</Slot>
  <Price>
  </Price>
  <Weight>2 lbs.</Weight>
  <Description>The mantis blade is an intelligent +2 axiomatic sawtooth sabre made of red chitin that forms a curved, serrated blade. It grants its wielder the ability to make a +1d6 sneak attack. This ability functions exactly like the rogue ability of the same name, and stacks with sneak attack bonuses the wielder may already have. When a creature is wounded with the blade, the wielder can activate the blades bane special ability against that type of creature as a swift action. The bane ability lasts for 10 minutes and is usable once per day. Sacred to the faith of the mantis god Achaekek, the mantis blade also grants bonuses to a Red Mantis assassin who wields it. A Red Mantis assassin wielding the mantis blade gains a +2 bonus to the DC of her prayer attack, and may use her red shroud and fading abilities each an additional time per day.</Description>
  <Requirements>
  </Requirements>
  <Cost>
  </Cost>
  <Group>Artifact</Group>
  <Source>AP 39</Source>
  <AL>LE</AL>
  <Int>10</Int>
  <Wis>12</Wis>
  <Cha>14</Cha>
  <Ego>16</Ego>
  <Communication>telepathy</Communication>
  <Senses>vision and hearing 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft.</Senses>
  <Powers>
  </Powers>
  <MagicItems>
  </MagicItems>
  <Destruction>If a single wielder uses the mantis blade to slay nine rightful ruling monarchs, the weapon can be destroyed by a successful sunder maneuver.</Destruction>
  <MinorArtifactFlag>1</MinorArtifactFlag>
  <MajorArtifactFlag>0</MajorArtifactFlag>
  <Abjuration>0</Abjuration>
  <Conjuration>0</Conjuration>
  <Divination>0</Divination>
  <Enchantment>0</Enchantment>
  <Evocation>1</Evocation>
  <Necromancy>0</Necromancy>
  <Transmutation>0</Transmutation>
  <AuraStrength>strong</AuraStrength>
  <WeightValue>2</WeightValue>
  <PriceValue>0</PriceValue>
  <CostValue>0</CostValue>
  <Languages>
  </Languages>
  <BaseItem>
  </BaseItem>
  <id>875</id>
  <Mythic>0</Mythic>
  <LegendaryWeapon>0</LegendaryWeapon>
  <Illusion>0</Illusion>
  <Universal>0</Universal>
</MagicItem>